Egalitarian City I Believe That Term Paper

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City dwellers must be free to join any number of groups to promote their interpersonal connections within the city. Such a sense of connection would create a sense of community and hence equality among everyone connecting with each other.

In terms of policing, online policies and practices must be in place to ensure that rules are enforced for the purpose of optimizing the online experience for everyone. Antisocial practices such as uploading viruses, sending spam, and the like must not be tolerated and must be prosecuted.

In Philips (2010, p. 179), Louis Wirth's definition of a city is quoted as "a relatively large, dense, and permanent settlement of socially heterogeneous individuals." Wirth goes on to say that increasing the interpersonal interactions among these heterogeneous individuals significantly reduces the severity of class division. Furthermore, the interdependence of city dwellers tends to bring them into contact with a wide range of individuals during their everyday lives. Online contact with such divergent individuals will increase the interpersonal understanding and respect that different types of people have for each other, and hence create equality in the city itself.

In terms of the economy, the plan should include an element towards using the interdependence of city dwellers to create various types of work and economic opportunities to satisfy every need in the city. A wide range of work opportunities will cater to a wide range of abilities and personality types.
Individuals must also be free to choose what type of work will satisfy them most or bring the greatest fulfillment, whether in economic or other terms.

Of course creating a city on a completely different economic basis than the current one of competition, supply and demand is completely unrealistic. These elements of the economy can however be used to promote equality among individuals by means of human rights. Each human being living in the city must have the right to take part in economic competition or the work activities of their choice.

One example of a city where relative equality has been achieved is Bangkok, Thailand. According to Philips (2010, p. 184), Bangkok includes citizens from a wide range of cultural backgrounds living in apparent harmony. At the basis of this, as cited in the book, is the fact that Bangkok citizens tend to have a cultural sense of accommodation for others -- they tend to go "with the flow" rather than against it. Hence, they rarely come into conflict even with those who differ from themselves in terms of culture or ideology.

In a plan for an egalitarian city, such a sense of accommodation should be promoted in both the virtual and the real world. The beginning of this is learning about the cultures and values that differ, and to consider these as valuable in terms of providing for a diverse and.....

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